Mistral AI: models, pricing and benchmarks
European model lab focused on open and commercial LLMs.
All Mistral AI models
Sorted by average benchmark score. Prices are per million tokens and context is measured in tokens.
| # | Model | Provider | Context | Input / 1M | Avg score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mistral Large 3 | Mistral AI | 128000 | $5.41 | 81.7 |
| 2 | Mistral Large 3 Instruct | Mistral AI | 400000 | $5.31 | 81.1 |
| 3 | Magistral | Mistral AI | 200000 | $4.75 | 79.8 |
| 4 | Mistral Large 3 Chat | Mistral AI | 1000000 | $4.90 | 79.1 |
| 5 | Magistral Instruct | Mistral AI | 65536 | $4.48 | 78.4 |
| 6 | Mistral Large 3 Base | Mistral AI | 65536 | $4.47 | 78.2 |
| 7 | Codestral | Mistral AI | 65536 | $4.19 | 77.6 |
| 8 | Magistral Chat | Mistral AI | 128000 | $4.33 | 76.8 |
| 9 | Codestral Chat | Mistral AI | 32768 | $3.89 | 75.8 |
| 10 | Magistral Base | Mistral AI | 65536 | $3.86 | 75.6 |
| 11 | Mistral Small 3 | Mistral AI | 32768 | $3.90 | 75.3 |
| 12 | Codestral Instruct | Mistral AI | 65536 | $4.01 | 75.1 |
| 13 | Mistral Small 3 Instruct | Mistral AI | 32768 | $3.97 | 75.1 |
| 14 | Mistral Small 3 Chat | Mistral AI | 200000 | $3.54 | 73.7 |
| 15 | Mixtral | Mistral AI | 65536 | $3.48 | 73.7 |
| 16 | Codestral Base | Mistral AI | 8192 | $3.31 | 73.1 |
| 17 | Mixtral Instruct | Mistral AI | 65536 | $3.35 | 72.9 |
| 18 | Mistral Small 3 Base | Mistral AI | 16384 | $3.19 | 72.7 |
| 19 | Mixtral Chat | Mistral AI | 65536 | $3.30 | 72.6 |
| 20 | Mixtral Base | Mistral AI | 65536 | $2.95 | 71.1 |
| 21 | Mistral Large 3 8B | Mistral AI | 16384 | $1.62 | 61.6 |
| 22 | Mistral Large 3 7B | Mistral AI | 32768 | $1.44 | 61.1 |
| 23 | Magistral 8B | Mistral AI | 4096 | $1.33 | 60.0 |
| 24 | Codestral 8B | Mistral AI | 4096 | $1.18 | 59.0 |
| 25 | Magistral 7B | Mistral AI | 32768 | $1.22 | 58.9 |
| 26 | Mistral Small 3 8B | Mistral AI | 8192 | $0.99 | 57.2 |
| 27 | Codestral 7B | Mistral AI | 32768 | $1.05 | 57.0 |
| 28 | Mistral Large 3 1.5B | Mistral AI | 32768 | $0.82 | 55.4 |
| 29 | Mixtral 8B | Mistral AI | 8192 | $0.91 | 55.4 |
| 30 | Mistral Small 3 7B | Mistral AI | 4096 | $0.89 | 55.2 |
| 31 | Mixtral 7B | Mistral AI | 16384 | $0.70 | 54.1 |
| 32 | Magistral 1.5B | Mistral AI | 4096 | $0.67 | 52.7 |
| 33 | Codestral 1.5B | Mistral AI | 8192 | $0.52 | 49.9 |
| 34 | Mistral Small 3 1.5B | Mistral AI | 32768 | $0.42 | 49.2 |
| 35 | Mixtral 1.5B | Mistral AI | 16384 | $0.36 | 47.7 |
Best Mistral AI models
Mistral Large 3
Mistral Large 3 is a multimodal model from Mistral AI. It offers a 128,000-token context window, costs $5.41 per million input tokens and $23.83 per million output tokens, and averages 81.7 across the index's benchmark suite.
multimodalMistral Large 3 Instruct
Mistral Large 3 Instruct is a multimodal model from Mistral AI. It offers a 400,000-token context window, costs $5.31 per million input tokens and $22.47 per million output tokens, and averages 81.1 across the index's benchmark suite.
multimodalMagistral
Magistral is a multimodal model from Mistral AI. It offers a 200,000-token context window, costs $4.75 per million input tokens and $21.16 per million output tokens, and averages 79.8 across the index's benchmark suite.
multimodalMistral Large 3 Chat
Mistral Large 3 Chat is a multimodal model from Mistral AI. It offers a 1,000,000-token context window, costs $4.90 per million input tokens and $20.04 per million output tokens, and averages 79.1 across the index's benchmark suite.
multimodalMagistral Instruct
Magistral Instruct is a multimodal model from Mistral AI. It offers a 65,536-token context window, costs $4.48 per million input tokens and $22.65 per million output tokens, and averages 78.4 across the index's benchmark suite.
How Mistral AI fits
Mistral AI has 35 models in the index, of which 35 are open weights. The average input price across the lineup is $2.71 per million tokens, and the average output price is $12.15 per million tokens. The strongest model by average benchmark score is mistral-large-3.
Use the table above to compare individual models, or open a model page for its full benchmark breakdown. If you are choosing between providers, start with the comparison pages and then check context limits and licence terms.
FAQ
How many Mistral AI models are in the index?
Mistral AI has 35 models in this index, of which 35 are open weights.
What is the cheapest Mistral AI model?
Mixtral 1.5B is the cheapest Mistral AI model by input price at $0.36 per million tokens.
What is the best Mistral AI model?
Mistral Large 3 has the highest average benchmark score in the Mistral AI lineup at 81.7.
Are Mistral AI models open weights?
35 of the 35 Mistral AI models in this index are open weights. The rest are proprietary.
Where is Mistral AI based?
Mistral AI was founded in 2023 and is headquartered in Paris, France.